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I have a novel called baby****er. The title is exactly whats it about.

When I said third-rank country, I was referring to nations with weak literary traditions. Countries like America and France have strong literary traditions and still have many great writers to choose...

I wasn't making a case against them, I just thought they weren't passed over for being white males. I am against politicizing the prize too, but at the same time I do think they should acknowledge...

They're not the only great living writers.

I was making a joke.

Why does the academy award the nobel prize in literature to obscure writers? I think some of the recipients were writers who actually did need more exposure and that countries with strong literary...

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/08/svetlana-alexievich-wins-2015-nobel-prize-in-literature
Once again, the prize goes to another writer no-one has heard of. I suggest the next great...

I've been told that I should stick to non-fiction if I'm going to read, because then I would learn something. I want to learn so much, but I love fiction above all else and would prefer to read that...

I wish to teach myself economics, politics, history, and philosophy. Yet in the future, when my time limited, I would prefer to dedicate my book reading to great literature and philosophy. But I...

How about europeans stop whining and portraying themselves as the victims in this situation? Its partly the west's policies that helped create the mess we have in the middle east right now anyway....

>I was only nine years old

>I loved Shrek so much, I owned all the movies and merchandise

>I pray to Shrek every night, thanking him for the life I have been given

>"Shrek is love", I say,...

Iraq has is at war right now and none of the gulf states are accepting refugees. Why is basic human decency dismissed as bleeding heart liberalism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auEA9Ay6G0o

This is relevant to the discussion.

Forgive me for my christophobia, I don't truly believe Christians are believe, I am just annoyed by the christian right and hardcore evangelicals. I guess I had yet to get over my fundamentalist...

Christianity has inspired many great minds and great artists, but it also inspired many ignorant people. It has produced evangelicals are who skeptical of scientists just because their findings...

What is this supposed to be exactly?

Nothing wrong with a little piracy if you only do it a little and still support artists.

He asked for downloads, he didn't specify on whether he wanted legal sites. If you want legal, project Gutenberg.

Bookzz and mobilism are good for downloads. Piratebay and kickasstorrents have some valuable books.

West of the tracks and karamay blow up most of those away.

Your list lacks Jia Zhangke, who is considered the greatest living chinese director. You also should see the films fro the underground documentary movement china, especially the epic documentaries...

What are the best translations of ibsen's plays?

Why is that?

I haven't read much honestly, but I would recommend lu xun and lao she. Lu xun is the greatest modern chinese writer and wrote mostly short stories, which are completely available in English. For...

I was referring to popularity among serious literature, who do read foreign fiction.